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Viral Video Chart: worst movie death, a Knightmare and Obama's phonehttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/05/viral-video-chart-worst-movie-death
Watch the worst/best scene in cinema, a creaky parody and a supporter of the US president making a bold claim<p>It won't win any Oscars, it will baffle Bafta judges but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=NrlIK_ArzeM">this amazingly bad film</a> scene from 1973 Turkish film Kareteci Kiz has become an internet hit despite its non-existent production values, terrible acting and atrocious clothing. Or maybe because of its non-existent production values, terrible acting and atrocious clothing. And we thought nothing could have beaten the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5jXDvrOu4">death scene in The Untouchables</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/05/viral-video-chart-worst-movie-death">Continue reading...</a>MediaTechnologyInternetBarack ObamaiPhoneSamsungUS newsDigital mediaFri, 05 Oct 2012 06:10:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/05/viral-video-chart-worst-movie-deathPublic DomainViral Video - worst deathDavid Jesudason2012-10-05T06:10:38ZThe Atlantic's Quartz: interesting … but will it make a profit?http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/01/the-atlantic-quartz
The digital venture aimed at global business leaders innovates in many radical ways, but its ad-funded strategy remains dicey<p><strong>Two years ago, Atlantic Media's president Justin Smith</strong> was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13atlantic.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">interviewed</a> by the New York Times. The piece focused on the digital strategy he successfully executed:&quot;We imagined ourselves as a Silicon Valley venture-backed startup whose mission was to attack and disrupt The Atlantic. In essence, we brainstormed the question: What would we do if the goal was to aggressively cannibalise ourselves?&quot;In most media companies, that kind of statement would have launched a volley of rotten tomatoes. Atlantic's disruptive strategy gave birth to a new offspring: <a href="http://qz.com">Quartz</a> (URL: qz.com), launched a couple of weeks ago.</p><p><strong>Quartz is a fairly light operation based in New York</strong> and headed by Kevin Delaney, a former managing editor at WSJ.com. Its staff of 25 was pulled together from great brands in business journalism: Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and the New York Times. According to the site's <a href="http://qz.com/welcome-to-quartz">official introduction</a>, this is a team with a record of reporting in 119 countries and speaking 19 languages –&nbsp;not exactly your regular gang of digital serfs or unpaid contributors that most digital pure players are built on.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/01/the-atlantic-quartz">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyMon, 01 Oct 2012 09:11:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/oct/01/the-atlantic-quartzPublic DomainQuartz: aiming to deliver a high quality audience to premium sponsorsPublic DomainQuartzFrédéric Filloux2012-10-01T09:11:00ZViral Video Chart: Gangnam Style tributes, Hunger Games, Andy Williamshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/28/viral-video-chart-gangnam-style
Watch the best spoofs of the K-pop phenomenon, a hilarious redubbing of the blockbuster and a tribute to the late crooner<p>You're probably sick of it by now, but you just can't keep a good meme down. Two months after <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0">Psy's Gangnam Style video</a> launched on YouTube, it has clocked up 292m views and the most &quot;likes&quot; of all time – and the tributes and spoofs continue to flood in.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/28/viral-video-chart-gangnam-style">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyUK newsUS newsK-popGangnam StyleFri, 28 Sep 2012 06:30:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/28/viral-video-chart-gangnam-stylePublic DomainViral video: Gangnam Style - USNA Spirit SpotDugald Baird2012-09-28T06:30:04ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Clegg gets remixed, Folds gets Fraggled and a bit from Mitthttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/21/iphone
We've got a wacky selection of some of the best videos around this week – from Fraggle Rock to The Wire and The West Wing<p>The viral video team like to think they are at the cutting edge of technology – well maybe not the cutting edge, more like we've got one finger on the edge of the handle. But phone-maker Samsung actually does have its finger on the pulse, judging by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM&amp;feature=player_embedded">this new ad</a> that pokes fun at those who have this week been queuing up to buy a rival's new product.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/21/iphone">Continue reading...</a>MediaiPhoneFri, 21 Sep 2012 06:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/21/iphonePublic DomainViral video chart: West WingJanette Owen2012-09-21T06:30:00ZDigital news: the value is in the reader's Big Datahttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/17/digital-news-behavioural-data
Behavioural data can be used to to make news services more attractive for the reader – and more profitable for the publisher<p><strong>Digital publishing is vastly undervalued. </strong>Advertising has yet to fulfil its promise – it is nosediving on the web and it failed on mobile (read JLG's previous column <a href="http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/06/10/mobile-advertising-the-20b-opportunity-mirage/">Mobile Advertising: The $20bn Opportunity Mirage</a>). Readers come, and often go, as many digital publications are unable to retain them beyond a few dozen articles and about 30 minutes a month. Most big names in the digital news business are stuck with single digit ARPUs. People do flock to digital, but cash doesn't follow – at least, not in amounts required to sustain the production of quality information. Hence the crux of the situation: if publishers are unable to extract significantly more money per user than they do now, most of them will simply die. As a result, the bulk of the population – with the notable exception of the educated wealthy – will rely on high audience web sites merely acting as echo chambers for shallow commodity news snippets.</p><p>The solution, the largest untapped value resides right before publisher's eyes: readers' profiles and contents, all matched against the &quot;noise&quot; of the internet.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/17/digital-news-behavioural-data">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyBig dataMon, 17 Sep 2012 15:09:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/17/digital-news-behavioural-dataMark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesData mining can help target news content at readers who are interested in hiking – or any other subject. Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesMark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesSequoia National Park Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesFrédéric Filloux2012-09-17T15:09:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: iPhone con, screaming sheep and Britneyhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/14/viral-video-chart-iphone-5-britney
See the dangers of radio on TV, awe-inspiring stunts, dancing babies and a stab at stardom in our rundown of the top online clips<p>We all know how … errr, &quot;enthusiastic&quot; … Apple fans are about being the first to get their hands on any new device. So imagine how excited these people were when they got the chance this week to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4&amp;feature=player_embedded">check out the newly announced iPhone 5</a>. And imagine how disappointed they felt when they learned that they had been conned by US late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/14/viral-video-chart-iphone-5-britney">Continue reading...</a>MediaiPhone 5AppleBritney SpearsFri, 14 Sep 2012 06:02:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/14/viral-video-chart-iphone-5-britneyPublic DomainViral Video Chart iPhoneStuart O'Connor and Helienne Lindvall2012-09-14T06:02:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Downton's back, Paralympic boos and a death wishhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/07/james-bond-nokia-paralympics-2012
Nokia fakes a promo, hamsters get in a spin and watch the Mad Men team's take on Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up<p>Welcome to our pick of the best videos around. Perhaps you are a bit of an amateur movie maker yourself? Don't knock a Nokia camera until you have tried it – or watched the promotional video.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/07/james-bond-nokia-paralympics-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaJames BondParalympics 2012NokiaDownton AbbeyParalympicsDisability sportOlympicsFri, 07 Sep 2012 06:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/sep/07/james-bond-nokia-paralympics-2012Nick Briggs/PRDownton Abbey, series 3. Photograph: Nick BriggsJanette Owen2012-09-07T06:30:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Grumpy babies, bad Apple and Doctor Whohttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/31/viral-video-chart
What's not to like as we watch a nobody dupe everyone into thinking he is a star and pay tribute to Neil Armstrong<p>Baby, you've got a temper on you! We kick off this week's video chart with some of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcweQO7Shk&amp;feature=player_embedded">angriest babies in the world </a>and boy, do they look mean? Let's hope the wind doesn't change while they are pulling some of those faces!</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/31/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>MediaStar TrekAppleFri, 31 Aug 2012 06:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/31/viral-video-chartPublic DomainAngry babies feature in the Guardian Viral Video Chart.Janette Owen2012-08-31T06:30:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Paralympic Games, and a cat with no shamehttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/17/viral-video-chart
Watch a Mars rover rap, a cat's naughty tap and the odd laughing chap in our rundown of the top online clips<p>The London 2012 Games are done and dusted, so now it's time to gear up for the Paralympic Games. So to get us all in the mood, here is are the gang from the British Paralympic Association sending their athletes a good luck message – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55b3cLPKAYU">by miming along to the Queen hit Don't Stop Me Now</a>. The same song was used by one of the London 2012 Games sponsors for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/12/team-gb-rocks-to-queen">a marketing campaign featuring the medal-winning Team GB athletes</a> ... great minds think alike, and all that.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/17/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>MediaFri, 17 Aug 2012 10:44:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/17/viral-video-chartPublic DomainViral Video paralypmicsStuart O'Connor2012-08-17T10:44:39ZLondon 2012 Viral Video Chart: the 10 best videos from the Gameshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/10/london-2012-viral-video-chart-10-best
As we reach the final leg of the London 2012 Olympic Games, we enjoy BBC commentators having a 'Mo-ment' and women fencers bricking it<p>The London 2012 Games are drawing to a close, but they have provided us with a cavalcade of classic clangers and moving moments for our viral video viewing pleasure.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/10/london-2012-viral-video-chart-10-best">Continue reading...</a>MediaOlympic Games 2012BBCFri, 10 Aug 2012 11:34:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/10/london-2012-viral-video-chart-10-bestPublic DomainViral Video Chart BBC commentatorsStuart O'Connor2012-08-10T11:34:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Hunt's clanger and Johnson's danglerhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/03/viral-video-chart
It's game on at London 2012 as we enjoy silliness from Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson and those clever Taiwanese animators<p>The London 2012 Olympic Games are here and, true to form, they've brought a veritable delight of viral videos.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/03/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>Olympic Games 2012Jeremy HuntBoris JohnsonOlympicsFri, 03 Aug 2012 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/aug/03/viral-video-chartOlly MossLondon Mayor Boris Johnson got stuck on a zipline, which did not sap his team GB spirit.Josh Halliday2012-08-03T10:36:00ZViral Video Chart Olympic special: Boris, Brazilians, birds and ball skillshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/27/viral-video-chart
It's Games on, as we sprint into Olympic action with the best – and worst – clips online, all of them crowd-pleasers<p>On your marks, get set, go! for the Viral Video Chart's Olympics special. Yes, for one week only, we are celebrating London 2012 with a collection of medal-winning video action that will make you laugh, cry, and even run away …</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/27/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyUK newsFri, 27 Jul 2012 06:15:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/27/viral-video-chartPublic DomainOlympic refreshment … how to prepare a watermelonJanette Owen2012-07-27T06:15:00ZViral Video Chart: Star Wars v Sesame Street, Olly Murs, dogs v One Directionhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jul/20/viral-video-chart-olympics
Watch Chewbacca go head to head with Cookie Monster and a barking take on a boyband hit in our online clip rundown<p>It's battle of the cover versions this week, as two takes on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic">Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen</a> –&nbsp;this summer's Rebecca Black? – go head to head. First up is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBM7i84BThE">a clip using Star Wars dialogue to run through the lyrics of the song</a>. Roping in the likes of Bib Fortuna alongside the usual cast of characters, it must have taken months to put together –&nbsp;did someone have too much time on their hands? Equally inventive is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8">Sesame Street's version of the song featuring Cookie Monster</a> munching his way through an office. With a typically voracious performance from CM and some great visual gags, it even sneaks in a twist in the end like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic">the original</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jul/20/viral-video-chart-olympics">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyUK newsFri, 20 Jul 2012 06:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jul/20/viral-video-chart-olympicsPublic DomainViral video: Star Wars Call Me MaybeDugald Baird2012-07-20T06:30:00ZViral Video Chart: Beethoven, Big Macs, Hot Wheel cars and some epic failshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/06/viral-video-chart
A history of music in 100 guitar riffs, meet some harvest hunks, step it out across the world and enjoy water, water, everywhere<p>We've got everything from takeaway burgers to farmers, from boys' toys to classical music this week, kicking off with a flashmob for culture vultures – a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaHPND2QJg">performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony </a>to celebrate the 130th anniversary of a Spanish bank (it's great that a Spanish bank has found something to celebrate!). Check out the faces of the crowd – this performance will twang a few heart strings …</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/06/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaUK newsFri, 06 Jul 2012 06:10:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jul/06/viral-video-chartPublic DomainViral Video Chart: Water Time - Compilation - ZapatouJanette Owen2012-07-06T06:10:00ZViral Video Chart: Star Wars v Gotye, Google Nexus 7, Aaron Sorkinhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/29/viral-video-chart-star-wars-gotye-nexus-7
George Lucas feels the farce, Google and Microsoft launch tablets, and top writing is recycled in our online clip rundown<p>Two internet memes collide in a galaxy far far away this week, as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE">Star Wars and Gotye are crammed into one spoof</a>. If that sounds crude, it actually works surprisingly well, with some pointed swipes at the Star Wars prequels and a George Lucas-alike who sings about &quot;all the times I screwed fans over&quot;. Just don't expect this to be released on Blu-ray any time soon.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/29/viral-video-chart-star-wars-gotye-nexus-7">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaStar WarsFilmUK newsFri, 29 Jun 2012 09:23:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/29/viral-video-chart-star-wars-gotye-nexus-7Public DomainViral video: Star Wars v GotyeDugald Baird2012-06-29T09:23:38ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Duck Run, Microsoft Surface, Game of Throneshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/22/viral-video-chart-microsoft-surface-game-of-thrones
Watch a ducking setting a quacking pace, the latest tablet gizmo and a spoof attack ad in our rundown of the top online clips<p>We've gone absolutely animal quackers this week, with three videos featuring creatures that seem to want to be human. First up is a clip of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgbmgIzoT8">Charley the duckling going for a walk</a>, sprinting when the man he is following starts running down a pathway. The video was uploaded in 2010, but has recently gained more than half million views to take it over 2m.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/22/viral-video-chart-microsoft-surface-game-of-thrones">Continue reading...</a>Digital mediaMediaInternetTechnologyTablet computersFri, 22 Jun 2012 06:16:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/22/viral-video-chart-microsoft-surface-game-of-thronesPublic DomainViral video: Duck RunDugald Baird2012-06-22T06:16:27ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Obama, a hungry shark and some safe betshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/15/viral-video-chart
This week enjoy Joel and Ethan Coen's take on global cinema, a trip down memory lane and some Super Mario disasters<p><br />This week we've got the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX1YVzdnpEc&amp;feature=player_embedded#!">President singing Call Me Maybe</a>, by Carly May Jepsen, and if the sound of that makes you want to bite his head off, spare a thought for this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_V9v1EA1qY&amp;feature=player_embedded">15-foot long squid </a> which encountered one very hungry shark that certainly didn't worry about biting off more than it could chew.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/15/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>MediaDigital mediaFri, 15 Jun 2012 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/15/viral-video-chartPublic DomainBarack ObamaJanette Owen2012-06-15T07:00:00ZNo flipping the bird! Twitter unveils strict usage guidelines for new logohttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2012/jun/07/flipping-bird-twitter-new-logo
Twitter's updated bird comes with a rather stringent set of rules<p>It is <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2012/06/taking-flight-twitterbird.html" title="">described by Twitter</a> as &quot;the ultimate representation of freedom, hope and limitless possibility&quot;. But Twitter's subtly redesigned logo has brought with it a string of new rules on what users are not allowed to do on the network, including flipping the so-called &quot;Twitterbird&quot;.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2012/jun/07/flipping-bird-twitter-new-logo">Continue reading...</a>TwitterMediaInternetBloggingTechnologyThu, 07 Jun 2012 14:01:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2012/jun/07/flipping-bird-twitter-new-logoTwitterTwitter has banned all of these takes on its logo. Photograph: TwitterTwitterTwitter has banned all of these takes on its logo. Photograph: TwitterJosh Halliday2012-06-07T14:01:41ZGuardian Viral Video Chart: Olympics buildup, Innuendo Bingo, Mini stunthttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/07/viral-video-chart-olympics
Watch timelapse footage of the London 2012 site, Countdown's Rachel Riley and some speedy parking in our online rundown<p>OK, so you survived the rain and the street parties for the Queen's diamond jubiliee – just! – and the next big celebration to hove over the horizon in the next few weeks is going to be the Olympic Games. It's sort of all the travel and traffic hassle of the jubilee weekend, minus the granny in the crown, oh, and no bank holidays to mark it either. But, just to whet your appetite for hours and hours of endless television coverage, we present <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmwRZz0Elak&amp;list=PL791F2E2BC2B48A91&amp;feature=player_embedded">Newham's timelapse video</a> of the Olympic site – quite breathtaking!</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/07/viral-video-chart-olympics">Continue reading...</a>MediaDigital mediaThu, 07 Jun 2012 06:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/07/viral-video-chart-olympicsPublic DomainNewham's timelapse Olym[ic videoJanette Owen2012-06-07T06:30:00ZGuardian Viral Video Chart Love, bottles and baseballs are in the airhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/01/viral-video-chart
This week we've got romance, a royal tribute, a cute cartoon cat – and some horrible noises from a ladies' toilet<p><br />The viral video chart starts off all soft and sloppy this week as we bask in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;noredirect=1#!">the most romantic marriage proposal we have ever seen</a>. Go Isaac! I wonder if he and Amy will have to invite all those other people in the video to the wedding? </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/01/viral-video-chart">Continue reading...</a>MediaDigital mediaFri, 01 Jun 2012 06:27:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2012/jun/01/viral-video-chartPublic DomainJust say yes … Isaac proposes to Amy - with a little help from his friends.Janette Owen2012-06-01T06:27:00Z